Gonzalez vs Fuentes

Who won Gonzalez vs Fuentes?

Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez beat Moises Fuentes by knockout in the 5th round on Saturday 15th September 2018 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Super Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 115 pounds (8.2 stone or 52.2 KG).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Canelo Alvarez beating Gennady Golovkin for the WBA Super World Middleweight, WBC World Middleweight and The Ring Middleweight championship. Also, on the undercard David Lemieux defeated Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan for the WBA World Middleweight belt and Jaime Munguia was victorious over Brandon Cook for the WBO World Junior Middleweight title.

Gonzalez vs Fuentes stats

Back in September 2018, Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez stepped into the ring with a record of 46 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, 38 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Moises Fuentes made his way to the ring with a record of 25 wins, 5 loses and 1 draw, with 14 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Gonzalez had a large advantage in power over Fuentes, boosting at 83% knock out percentage over Fuentes' 56%.

Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez was the same age as Moises Fuentes, at 31 years old.

Fuentes had a height advantage of 4 inches over Gonzalez. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Both Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez & Moises Fuentes fought out of an orthodox stance.

Gonzalez was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 17 more fights, and made his debut in 2005, 1 year and 10 months earlier than Fuentes, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 111 more professional rounds, 295 to Fuentes' 184.

Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez went into the fight ranked number 6 by the WBA and 2 by the WBC at super flyweight.

Gonzalez vs Fuentes form

Gonzalez had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Srisaket Sor Rungvisai on 9th September 2017 by knockout in the 4th round in their WBC World Super Flyweight championship fight at Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Srisaket Sor Rungvisai on 18th March 2017 by majority decision in their WBC World Super Flyweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Carlos Cuadras on 10th September 2016 by unanimous decision in their WBC World Super Flyweight championship fight at Forum, Inglewood.

Before that, he had beat McWilliams Arroyo on 23rd April 2016 by unanimous decision in their WBC World Flyweight and The Ring Flyweight championship fight at Forum, Inglewood.

He had won against Brian Viloria on 17th October 2015 by technical knockout in the 9th round in their WBC World Flyweight and The Ring Flyweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York.

Activity check

Gonzalez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 49 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.8 rounds on average.

Fuentes' last 2 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 8 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What time did Gonzalez vs Fuentes start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 8:00 PM EST / 5:00 PM PST at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States, which was around 1:00 AM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Gonzalez vs Fuentes?

Gonzalez vs Fuentes was broadcast on HBO PPV in the US, while the fight was broadcast in the United Kingdom by BT Sport Box Office.

What were the odds on Gonzalez vs Fuentes?

Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez was a 2/25 (-1200) favourite going into the contest, while Moises Fuentes made his way into the ring at 27/4 (+680) with oddsmakers.